Stephenie Ann McPherson

Stephenie Ann McPherson (born 25 November 1988)^[2] is a retired Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. She has won a bronze medal in the event at the 2013 World Championships, and then placed in the finals of both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all four following World Championships between 2015 and 2022, consecutively. McPherson earned also a bronze at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. She added medals in the 4 × 400 metres relays, taking a silver at the 2016 Olympics, a gold in 2015 in Beijing, and a bronze in 2019.

Stephenie Ann McPherson

Personal information
Born	(1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 (age 36) Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica
Home town	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres
Club	MVP Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 49.34 (2021) Indoors 400 m: 50.79i NR (2022)
Medal record Women's track and field Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2015 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay 2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m relay 2013 Moscow 400 m 2019 Doha 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade 4 × 400 m relay 2014 Sopot 4 × 400 m relay 2022 Belgrade 400 m Diamond League 2016 400 m Pan American Games 2019 Lima 4 × 400 m relay Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 400 m 2014 Glasgow 4 × 400 m relay 2018 Gold Coast 4 × 400 m relay 2018 Gold Coast 400 m NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 400 m 2018 Toronto 4 × 400 m relay 2022 Freeport 400 m Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 400 m Representing Americas 2014 Marrakech 4 × 400 m relay 2018 Ostrava Mixed relay

In June 2021, McPherson went sub-50 seconds for the first time since 2013, the only year in which she had achieved it, setting her new personal best. She retired after competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Career

McPherson was the silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships as a member of the 4 × 400 metres relay team.^[4] She took two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games winning the individual 400 m and the 4 × 400 m relay.^[5] Within that same year, she added the gold medal at the Continental Cup as a part of team America in the 4 × 400 m relay.

In 2022, McPherson won her second global medal after a bronze at the 2013 World Championships, taking also a bronze for the women's 400 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with a national indoor record of 50.79 seconds. Thus, she improved on her fourth place from the 2016 World Indoors.^[6] McPherson also anchored Jamaican women's 4 × 400 relay, winning gold along with teammates Junelle Bromfield, Janieve Russell, and Roneisha McGregor.^[7]

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.^[2]

Personal bests

Event	Time (s)	Venue	Date	Notes
200 metres	22.90	Kingston, Jamaica	17 April 2021
400 metres	49.34	Tokyo, Japan	4 August 2021	#3 Jamaican all-time[8]
400 metres indoor	50.79	Belgrade, Serbia	19 March 2022	NR

International competitions

Representing  Jamaica

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	400 m	49.99
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.54
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	400 m	50.67
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.82
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.93 WL [n 1]
2015	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.49
	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	400 m	50.42
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.13 WL
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	4th	400 m	52.20
			DNF	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	400 m	50.97
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.34
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	6th	400 m	50.86
			DNF	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	DQ	400 m	DQ [n 2]
			DQ	4 × 400 m relay	DQ [n 3]
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	400 m	50.93
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.00
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	400 m	50.98
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.29
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	400 m	51.15
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.25
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	400 m	50.82
			1st	4 × 400 m mixed	3:13.01 [n 1]
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4 × 200 m relay	1:33.21
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.61
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	400 m	50.89
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.37
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	400 m	49.61
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	400 m i	50.79
			1st	4 × 400 m relay i	3:28.40 SB
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	400 m	50.36
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.74
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	3rd	400 m	50.36
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.921

¹Did not finish in the final

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League winner (400 m): 2016.^[9] (400 metres wins)
  • 2015: Birmingham British Grand Prix
  • 2016: Oslo Bislett Games
  • 2018: London Anniversary Games
  • 2019: Paris Meeting
  • 2021: Gateshead British Grand Prix
• Continental Tour – gold level
  • 2021 (400 m): Székesfehérvár Gyulai István Memorial

National titles

• Jamaican Athletics Championships
  • 400 m (3^{[n 4]}): 2016, 2018, 2021

Notes

1. Representing Americas
2. Disqualified in the semi-finals; 163.3(a): Lane infringement
3. Disqualified in the final; 218.4: Exchanging position before takeover
4. According to Jamaica Observer McPherson is a four-time national champion, however the newspaper's article has at least one other serious error^[10]